Roundup: UMMC Ekaterinburg Seek Repeat

It's been a busy week in EuroLeague Women, with reigning champions UMMC Ekaterinburg announcing they will be making only one change from last season's title winning team and several other clubs making a number of roster moves.

Diana Taurasi will be back for UMMC Ekaterinburg next season

CHAMPIONS GO WITH GOLDEN STARS

Having waited for a decade between their two EuroLeague Women titles, it looks like UMMC Ekaterinburg are keen to build a dynasty, after assembling virtually the same team which delivered their all-conquering 2012-13 campaign.

They have moved for the scoring power of forward Rachel Allison, who averaged 19.1 points per game in Spanish Liga Femenina last season with Burgos and also weighed in with an impressive 7.6 rebounds each time she took to the floor.

The American will be joined by Gabriele Ocete, who returns having started her career with Rivas. Since starting out on her pro-career as a teenager with the club, the guard has since played for five years with Soller Bon Dia and spent last season in the French League with Tarbes.

There is also some continuity via the re-signing of Spanish forward Vega Gimeno, whose blistering start to the 2012-13 season in EuroLeague Women was cruelly cut short by an ACL injury last November.

The small forward, who excelled at the U20 European Championship Women in Debrecen last summer, previously played with Lotos Gdynia and started to make a name for herself, prior to the club having to withdraw from EuroLeague Women.

Another player with previous EuroLeague Women experience through her time with Lotos Gdynia is Marta Jujka. The center will get the chance to re-join the competition after making the switch to Wisla Can-Pack from Matizol Lider Pruszkow, where she averaged 4.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in the Polish League, during her only season with the club.

Spanish international Laia Palau will suit up for ZVVZ USK Prague in the upcoming season